Blood lead values in dogs from a rural area (Champaign, IL in 1987).
We studied 87 healthy dogs to determine background levels of blood lead in dogs living in a presumably uncontaminated environment. We took blood samples from dogs and asked their owners for information regarding behavioral risk factors related to environmental lead exposure. The mean blood lead concentration was 5 (+/- 4.4) micrograms/dl (range 0-22 micrograms/dl).
Ostrowski
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Center For Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Schilling
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Farrar
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Fikes
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J
Beasley
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Hudson
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D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000097:blood*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007087:Illinois; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D012307:Risk Factors
D007854:Lead